Wringing apparatus



Jan. 22, 1929. 1,700,071

' G. QVERAKER WRINGING APPARATUS Filed Dec. 27, 1926 WITNESS:

ATTO R N EY 6605'76 Oarziker INVENTOR Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

GEORGE OVERAKER, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA.

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Application filed December 27, 1926. Serial No. 157,301.

This invention relates to certain novel iniprovcments in wringing apparatuses and more particularly to a wringer adapted for association with a scrub pail and has for its .2 principal object the provision of an improvedconstruction of this character which will be .iighly efficient in use and economical in manufacture.

Among the several objects of the invention 1 l is the provision of a wringing apparatus susceptible of easy and quick application and removal to and from a scrubbing pail.

A further object of the invention is the provision of the novel combination and arrange ment of parts for expeditiously attaching the wringing apparatus to a scrub pail.

Other objects will appear'hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, showing the preferred form of construction, and in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing indicates a scrub pail with which my invention is adapted to be associated. The invention in the present instance comprises side plates 11 which have opposite end portions 12 curved to conform to pail 10. These end portions 12 have secured thereto as at 14 clips 15 which are adapted to be mounted upon the rim 13 for supporting the side plates 11 in position below the rim 13. These clips 15 are detachably secured in position through the medium of set screws 16.

The side plates 11 provide bearings for the trunnions 17 which support a roller 18 between the side plates.

Pivotally supported by the side plates 11 is a carriage plate 19 formed substantially U-shaped to provide end limbs 20 which are detachably connected to the side plates 11 for pivotal movement through the medium of nut receiving bolts 21. The forward end portions 22 of the limb portions 20 provide bearings for the trunnions 23 of a roller 24 which cooperates with the roller 18 for wringing purposes.

the curvature of the rim 13 of the scrub By the novel manner of connecting the carriage plate for pivotal movement to the side plates 11 it will be seen that the side plates 11 may be adjusted relative to each other to adapt the apparatus to pails of various diameters at their rims, and this is accomplished by adjusting the plates 11 upon the shank portions of the rims.

To permit this adjustment of the side plates relatively to each other the trunnions 17 are made of sufficient length.

Means are provided for preventing the member passed between the rollers 18 and 24 falling back into the pail. The above mentioned means also serves to prevent the strands of the mop becoming entangled with the roller axle ends and wound around the rollers 18 and 24 as said rollers are rotated. This means includes a member 25 which is preferably formed from a wire member bent to provide diverging leg portions 26 which have their outer end portions 27 formed to provide hooks 28 which are adapted for hooked engagement with respect to the side plates '11. The intermediate portion 28 of this member is likewise formed to provide a hook 29 which is adapted for hooked engagement with respect to the rim 13.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be manifest that I provide a wringing apparatus which can be expeditiously associated with a scrubbing pail of various diameters at their rims.

In operation, when the mop head is placed between the rollers 18 and 24, the operator may conveniently place his foot upon the portion 20 of the carriage plate for effectively holding the roller 24 in engagement with the mop head.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into efiect, this is capable of variation andmodification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

The invention having been set forth, what I. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a wringing apparatus, opposed side plates, means for connectingsaid side plates 110 t0 the rim of a pail, a roller having elongated trunnions formed on the ends thereof slidably and rotatably journaled in said side plates, a member for supporting a roller in cooperating relation With said first named roller, and a means pivotally connecting said supporting member to sald side plates for relatlve move- GEORGE OVERAKER 

